Pushing the timeline forward is also quite interesting to me as an Empire player, seeing what new technology comes out of it. But if my Dark Elves became homogenous that would be enough for me to ignore 9th.

That's the worst case scenario for GW. They gamble with their existing base of Fantasy players to attempt to recruit new ones. Alienating current players enough that they simply ignore 9th edition and its new model lines.

If they fuck it up enough the tournament community would stick to 8th still and that would be hilarious and horrendously embarrassing to GW

If 9th is flawed I doubt existing players would be able to go into a GW and play 8th edition rules. The store managers would be on brand with the 9th edition up sell.

My advice. Buy what you want. Buy 8th edition. Find a good gaming group OUTSIDE of a GW store and play the game your own way.

I tend to build, base and prime models in a big session, but painting is broken down into 20 minute sessions here and there.

20 minutes on a week day morning to get a base coat down. 20 minutes that even to do a second coat.

If I'm painting characters I'd usually spend a couple of hours at a time. But mainly breaking it down into such small stages allows me to fit in work, socialising, gym and down time and continue to progress.

But I do that for all fried chicken, just varying the kit I put into the batter.

Its a mission to read all that. But the basic recipe is 1 cup of Vodka, 1 cup of Water, 1 cup of equal parts Cornflour and Plain Flour and a teaspoon of Baking Powder, plus seasoning and whatever aromatics you put in.

The mixture goes berserk when it first hits to oil, but thats the vodka evaporating and creating an incredibly blistered skin.

You're totally correct as far as I'm concerned. I think renters struggle to buy on comparatively high incomes because London is such a ripe and juicy fruit begging to be plucked.

If they're on 100k and are struggling to save then they really ought to rent somewhere cheaper, stop trying to keep up with the joneses and sacrifice a large portion of their lifestyle.

It's not like it was for my parents generation where to save to buy their council flat they had to give up the weekly Fish and Chip supper and Pint of mild in order to save for a deposit. You have to really earn it.

My ex and I saved for our first property on a joint income of around £56k. This was back in the halcyon days of 2009 - 2011 where a couple could rent a 2 bedroom in Forest Hill for £800. We limited social events to about twice a month but still treated ourselves and each other every weekend. I ramped up the freelance and she had a bond mature in her name from a late family member which put us over our target. Without that we would have had to save hard for another six months or so.

It is possible if a priority and you set your sights on an affordable location.

The issue with reforming after combat is if you're flanked and in base contact with 8 models, you can't reform to be in base contact with fewer models.

So hypothetically if you had a unit in your glotkins flank, 7 wide, and you reformed to face them after combat you'd only have 4 or 5 in base contact.

As far as I know, you can make as many attacks as you have on profile when flank or rear charged. The single attack only applies to a unit that's been flanked or rear charged only be able to fight with one RANK in that direction, but even then they can attack with the full attacks listed on your profile

The former Virgin Active club I'm a member of has a Women Only section and a lot of the guys who go there bring it up as a bone of contention. But like myself, these are guys who focus mainly on weights. The Women Only area is packed with mats, resistance machines and cardio equipment, whereas the unisex area (which is 90% guys at any point) has all of that plus free weights. We're not missing out on anything. Sure theres 30% of the gym I don't use, but I don't use the hot yoga studio either, or the carpark.

The other gym I'm a member of is having the free weights area extended and there is a lot of antipathy from some of the female members who aren't particularly bothered about weight training not gaining anything from the refurb. But the extension is coming at the expense of half of the mens locker room being knocked down for space.

I've never seen something billed as Men Only at any gym I've been a member of. I'd argue that classes hold less appeal to guys anyway, but this is speaking from the point of view who of somebody who has their own program and gets on with it with a singular focus.

I used to run a similar list but I dropped the executioners and ten dark shards for a couple of units of dark riders and switched the dread Lord for two masters. One BSB and one on a Pegasus.

Cloak of twilight with lance and shield or the charmed shield, dragon helm and sword of might combo makes him a great toolbox hero for dealing with chaff and warmachines

If you can afford it too, the sorceress on a peg with death or shadow magic can be a lot of fun. Giving her the ring of hotek keeps her fairly safe from miscasts with a 3++ to magic damage and it'll cause enemy wizards within 12 to miscast on a double 1 too.

Optional Final Highlight: Pure Pallid Wych on spots where the light would catch.

Essentially, I use a lot of Vallejo Thinner and I add more paint as I go so there's a fair amount on my pallet so I tend to paint in large batches to avoid wastage. So where I go from 1part DH 2parts RF to 1DH and 3RF I'm actually just adding another measure of Rakarth Flesh, rather than starting the mix over.

General advice with flesh tho, the thinner you can go the better, whilst remaining patient.

Start darker than you think you'll need to. Ratskin Flesh for example is too bright for humans, whereas Bugman's Glow adds a much richer starting point for the light layers that come after.

Get most of your paint off your brush before making any strokes on the model. You should be wiping the excess off to the point you just have a tint emerging from the centre of the bristles. This and painting in long flat swoops will help keep your skin looking smooth.

Believe me, once you get a technique down painting flesh is really satisfying.

Also, the highlighting on those Dark Angel's looks fantastic! What scheme are you going for with your elves?